Manalur Assembly constituency

Manalur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Murali Perunelly of CPI(M).

Manalur
Constituency No. 64 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Vadanappally beach in Manalur Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	2,11,930 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Murali Perunelli
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self governed segments

Thaikkad Gram panchayat which was included in Manalur constituency as per 2008 delimitation was merged with the Guruvayur Municipality in 2010.

Manalur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[1]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Arimpur	Grama panchayat	Thrissur
2	Manalur	Grama panchayat	Thrissur
3	Guruvayur (Thaikkad region only)	Municipality	Chavakkad
4	Elavally	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
5	Mullassery	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
6	Vadanappally	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
7	Pavaratty	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
8	Venkitangu	Grama panchayat	Chavakkad
9	Choondal	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam
10	Kandanassery	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	Joseph Mundassery		Communist Party of India	1957-1960
1960	2nd	Kurur Neelakandan Namboodiripad		Indian National Congress	1960-1965
1967	3rd	N. I. Devassikutty			1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 - 1977
1977	5th				1977-1980
1980	6th	V. M. Sudheeran		Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th			Congress	1982 – 1987
1987	8th			Indian National Congress	1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Rosamma Chacko			1996 – 2001
2001	11th	M. K. Paulson Master			2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Murali Perunelly		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	P. A. Madhavan		Indian National Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Murali Perunelly		Communist Party of India	2016 – 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Murali Perunelly	78,337	46.77	3.47
	INC	Vijay Hari	48,461	28.93	2.49
	BJP	A. N. Radhakrishnan	36,566	21.83	1.34
	SDPI	Faisal Ibrahim	2,294	1.37	0.46
	NOTA	None of the above	712	0.43	0.02
	Independent	M. K. Devarajan	660	0.39	N/A
	BSP	Abhayan.N.A	472	0.28	0.08
Margin of victory			29,876
Turnout			1,67,502
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,11,930 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Murali Perunelly	70,422	43.30	1.57
	INC	O. Abdurahiman Kutty	51,097	31.42	13.8
	BJP	A. N. Radhakrishnan	37,680	23.17	15.61
	SDPI	Hussain K. K	1,180	0.73	0.91
	NOTA	None of the above	730	0.45	−
	BSP	Abhayan N. A.	588	0.36	1.57
	PDP	Moidutty Haji	529	0.33	−
	Independent	Shaji Kuriyan, Pananghat	262	0.16	0.02
	Independent	Soman Pillai	132	0.08	−
Margin of victory			19,325	11.88
Turnout			1,62,620	76.73
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	1.57

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,74,161 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Manalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. A. Madhavan	63,077	45.22
	CPI(M)	Baby John	62,596	44.87
	BJP	A. N. Radhakrishnan	10,543	7.56
	SDPI	P. K. Usman	2,293	1.64
	BSP	Suresh Tachapally	594	0.43
		Aravindakshan M. K.	388	0.28	−
Margin of victory			481	0.35
Turnout			1,62,620	76.73
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing